Sphinx of Sodom

Tomorrow opens for them.

They, a frenzied thing from whose lips the God speaks.

They, who hold gender-future between clawed hands.

They, a pyre to the old self. Lust and understanding burn, immolating a tear in the sky. A sphinx, male / female, penetrator and penetrated, oracular, erotically charged, their blue on blue eyes tempestuous, nebulous, with secrets twined in riddle just behind the corneal film.

They, who rest leonine stone muscles underneath a burning sun and cold moon that amalgamate into a third eclipsal body: a celestial allegory.

They, in a cloud of pheromonal perfume, vulval orchid and cock anthurium glint with pearl and diamond on either side.

Tomorrow opens for them.

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Credit:

Original concept, story, direction, 3D and compositing - Pedro Lavin 3D scan - John Kang

My interpretation of Dear Future

Over the past year and a half; I've been considering my gender in a more introspective way. I have realized that the space I've inhabited in my life until now is quite limiting, so I've begun to explore new avenues of gender expression in my art and person. After having come out around 10 years ago as queer, I now find myself at the beginning of a mysterious and exciting second identity journey with my gender. The immediate visual representation that formed in my mind when thinking of this new possibility in my life was a sphinx: An omniscient being that holds the future, but will only express it in enigmatic lyrical poetry. It seemed like the perfect visual metaphor to represent my subconscious, hidden desires and possible identities. My interpretation of this deity draws from Greek myth but recasts the leonine goddess as my own internal oracle, one who speaks the prophetic riddle that will guide me to my truth.

My interpretation of Dear Future